I bought a Clark Barrel for my S&W Model 41 two years ago, as I wanted to add a red dot sight, but didn't want to drill holes in the original 1980's barrel. This resulted in a lot of discussions with the people at Clark, and when I asked about dry firing, I was told they do it all the time, as training before a match. They suggested that I field strip my gun, then press in the firing pin in as far as it goes (before it's stopped by the pin that goes over it), and see if the firing pin protrudes too much into the breach area.
This got me to thinking - can I remove the barrel, and "paint" the back of the barrel with Dykem, and start to dry fire, constantly checking the Dykem. If the Dykem never gets "marked", presumably I can assume that my gun can be dry-fired as much as they do at Clark.
As a follow-up question, if I were to load up magazines with once fired 22 rounds, would those cycle through the gun manually, for the purpose of dry firing?
This got me to thinking - can I remove the barrel, and "paint" the back of the barrel with Dykem, and start to dry fire, constantly checking the Dykem. If the Dykem never gets "marked", presumably I can assume that my gun can be dry-fired as much as they do at Clark.
As a follow-up question, if I were to load up magazines with once fired 22 rounds, would those cycle through the gun manually, for the purpose of dry firing?